How long is the wait for a sciatica at Rochdale Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Rochdale Infirmary, and it is the wait that applies to you here.
Updated June 2026 · (Referral to Treatment — the NHS wait-time framework)
This is how long 8 in 10 patients wait for the whole Trauma & Orthopaedics specialty at this trust, from GP referral to the start of treatment — the NHS does not publish a wait for sciatica on its own.
Before treatment: the scan wait too
An MRI scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 2 weeks, with 13% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Rochdale Infirmary's full MRI queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Rochdale Infirmary
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Rochdale Infirmary.
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 10 mi · 17w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton47w · 12 mi · 3w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 14 mi · 16w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport41w · 17 mi · 9w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 20 mi · 12w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 21 mi · 15w faster
Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Birch Hill Hospital2 mi
- Fairfield General Hospital4 mi
- Royal Oldham Hospital5 mi
- North Manchester General Hospital8 mi
- Manchester Royal Infirmary11 mi
- Trafford General Hospital15 mi
- Wythenshawe Hospital17 mi
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